About The Rough-Stuff Fellowship
The RSF was founded on 29 May 1955, by ‘forty members who, in pursuit of their pastime, traverse the rougher and less beaten ways’. Members of the RSF undertook the first ever bicycle crossing of Iceland’s mountainous interior, in 1958, and have travelled the tracks and trails of Europe, Africa, America and beyond.

ROUGH-STUFF FELLOWSHIP ARCHIVE BOOK

£28.00

8 in stock

Quantity

ROUGH-STUFF FELLOWSHIP ARCHIVE BOOK quantity

Adventures with the world’s oldest off-road cycling club…

NOTE. NOW SHIPPING THE SECOND EDITION (SOFTBACK)

Founded in 1955, the Rough-Stuff Fellowship is the world’s oldest off-road cycling club. Its archive contains thousands of stunning images, hand-drawn maps and documents – an unexpected treasure trove of incredible value and beauty that is now being brought to a wider public by Isola Press.

The photos are evocative of a bygone age and a bygone style – a time when you might set off on a bike ride wearing a shirt and tie or a bobble hat, and no ride was complete without a stop to brew up some tea and smoke a pipe.

They are also a record of intrepid adventures. RSF riders explored the Lake District, the Cairngorms, the Alps and further afield, and their exploits were beautifully documented by amateur and professional photographers.

In their own very British way, these men and women were pioneers, pedalling and carrying their bikes where angels feared to tread. Every mountain bike and gravel bike has followed in their tyre tracks. This book celebrates their style and their spirit. It is a stunning visual resource not only of an unseen cycling history but of British outdoor culture.

Legal

Join the 15KpH Club

Enjoying Pannier?

…join the Pannier community of bikepackers, tourers and armchair adventurers. We send our “Tourer’s Digest” email roughly once/month: a steaming campmugfull of what’s been happening at Pannier HQ, early-tourer information on our Tours & Expeditions, and links to all the cool stuff we’ve seen along the way. See you out there…

COVID-19 UPDATE / 15.04.20

…whilst we are unable to run our Tours & Expeditions, we are still appreciative and dispatching online orders, including Touring Vouchers, and our latest Zine. Please email us if you need something you can’t find, or want any help >> basecamp@pannier.cc. See you out there, sometime soon!

A WELCOME, AND VIRTUAL TOAST...

…thanks for heading over. Please bear with us as we come to terms with the impact of Covid-19 – we’re currently rescheduling all trips planned before August 2020, and working on a special schedule for September 2020 and beyond. Please check back now and again / join our mailing list for all updates and launches 🙂 Hope to see you out there…